Shiny Hunting

Shiny hunting refers to the act of attempting to hatch a specific Shiny Pokémon by hatching the same type of Egg repeatedly. You cannot "chain" a certain Pokémon without upgrades, so hatching the same kind of Egg in a row does not increase the chances of finding a Shiny. Users without Hypermode and a PokéRadar who are on a hunt may hatch as many different kinds of Eggs as they like and have the same chance to have an Egg hatch Shiny every time.

There are special circumstances as to when everyone gets a shiny boost.

• Sei's Counter
• Pokémon of the Day

Improving Chances

To further increase your chances of hatching a Shiny, you'll need the PokéRadar and be in Hypermode to chain a certain Pokémon. The PokéRadar alone lets you chain up to one Pokémon, raising your chances quite a bit. With Hypermode, you can reach the maximum odds after consecutively hatching 40 Eggs of the same Pokémon species. This greatly boosts the odds a Pokémon will hatch Shiny. At this point, hatching more of the same Egg will not increase you chances, but can result in hatching a Shiny eventually. This also has a lot to do with luck, however, so don't give up after reaching max chance! It might take hundreds of Eggs before you hatch a shiny, or it might hatch very early in the chain.

Further boosts can be obtained with a Shiny Charm, which doubles your boost for a full 24 hours. Shiny Charms disappear after 24 hours, unless the user owns a Shiny Charm Box. However, the Shiny Charm will still need recharging to be used again. Shiny Charms can be bought and recharged with Gold Poké. It costs 100 GP to recharge a Shiny Charm, which takes five days. Multiple Shiny Charms can be recharged at once, with each Charm reducing the cost and time needed, capping out at 24 hours.

All boosts stack with the Pokémon of the Day and Sei's Counter.

Difficult Hunts

There are some Pokémon that can not easily be chained. This is due to the Egg sprite and Name being the same, despite containing different formes of a Pokémon. These include the various Pumpkaboo and Unown formes. The chain will break if a different forme of the Pokémon is hatched.

Getting Started

At the moment you need a hypermode to start chaining!

Shiny hunting a fun business to get into. One of the hardest parts of a shiny hunt is choosing a Pokémon that you are going to hunt. Once you chose a Pokémon it is wise to put two of that Pokémon, male and female, into the daycare and wait a few days. That way there will be some eggs in the shelter for you to adopt. Depending on how many shinies you want and how many eggs you are willing to hatch it would be a good idea to set up a queue for that Pokémon and allow other users to offer to be on it, that way you are making a bigger profit, but that is optional. If you want your chances to be the best without buying upgrades you must hatch at least 40 of the Pokémon that you are hunting. When the pokéradar update occurs, anyone can start shiny hunting, but you they can only chain 35 which is slightly harder than 40, but overall shiny hunting is difficult. You may be lucky though. Once you are finished with you current shiny hunt, you can start a new one and work your way up to the SHINY rank!

Tips for shiny hunting

- It is wise to put a breeding couple into the daycare and wait to do your hunt. That way there are the eggs you need to start the hunt

- If a Pokémon has a high EHP then you should aim at clicking 1,000-2,000 clicks per day. That way your eggs will hatch quicker, but that's completely up to you.

- If you are hunting a legendary it is a very good decision to get at least 125 summons for that legendary.

- Have a future hunt list. When you have this, you will know on the spot what you next hunt is.

- If you don't know what to hunt then make a "favourite shiny" list. When you have one made it will make it way easier to choose what you want to hunt first.

- If you have hatched more than 200 Pokémon and have not had a shiny try resetting the pokéradar by hatching a different Pokémon. Maybe your chain just wasn't a good one and you need to start over.